Related to Urbanization
What is urbanization?
The process of developing towns and cities
What is CPT?
Explains the distribution of cities of different sizes
What is a world city?
Well known cities around the world
Name 3 forms of transportation
Automobiles, trains, boats, bike, foot, airplanes
Define ecumene
A variety of community types with a range of population densities
Define settlement
A place with a permanent human population
Where is the typically seen?
Easter U.S.
Name 3 world cities
London, New York City, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong, Seoul, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo
What has helped more people work from home?
the internet
Who provides city residents with food?
Farmers
How did food surplus become available?
As irrigation, farming and domestication developed
Medium
World cities are the control centers for the ____ economy
Global
What is an epoche?
Divided urban history into 4 periods, each period is an epoche
Define a city
A higher density area with territory inside officially recognized political boundaries
Name one example of a country that follows the rank-size rule
United States, Canada, Australia, India
What does it not take into account?
Natural Landscape (rivers, mountains, etc)
What is considered a megacity?
Population over 10 million
How did the invention of transportation affect cities?
Population spread out
Define urban area
A central city plus land developed for commercial, industrial, or residential purposes
What is a primate city?
more developed than other cities in the system, more powerful
Who developed Central Place Theory?
Walter Christaller
What is considered a metacity?
Population over 20 million
Name a city on the cutting edge of technology
Tokyo, Chicago, London, New York City
What is a MSA?
Another way to define a city